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Monday, August 12, 2013

Languages Spoken At Home: Intereactive Census Maps

From the New York State Data Affiliates Blog comes this interesting tidbit: Did you know that more than 300 different languages are spoken in the
United States? A new report and mapping tool released by the U.S. Census
Bureau takes a detailed look at many of the most popular languages
spoken at home in America.

Of the 292 million people age 5 and older in the U.S. in 2011, 60.6
million individuals, or 21 percent, reported speaking a language other
than English at home. This number grew by 158 percent from 1980 to 2010,
while the nation’s overall population age 5 years and older grew by 38
percent. Check out this viz-of-the-week to see which languages grew the
most.

The statistics show us not only that people spoke a language other than English at home, but also how well they spoke English.

If you are wondering what languages are spoken in your community, you can look it up with a new tool. The 2011 Language Mapper
illustrates the geographic concentration of the population speaking 15
individual languages. The mapper, which uses data collected in the
American Community Survey from 2007 to 2011, also shows, for each of
these languages, the concentration of those who spoke English less than
“very well.” You can put in an address to get to our area at the upper right of the map, and also select the language combination you are interested in as well.